Cytech is pleased to announce that the KP06 LCD Keypad shall be available from the begining of November 2011. Orders can be placed with Comfort Distributors.

The KP06 keypad can be ordered with Black Translucent or Silver Frames but is designed so that standard System 55 KNX frames from Gira, Merten, Jung etc can be fitted.
Visit the Cytech website to see the KP06 series http://www.cytech.biz/keypads.html

The LCD module and the Keyboard module have a sleek brushed metallic finish as seen in the above pictures.
KP06 comes with built-in speaker and microphone. The Cytech Black Translucent frame allows IR signals to be received by the built -in IR receiver whereas the other frames are opaque.

It will cost more than a KP04, and depends on the frame you choose, it can also be bought without a frame, this allowing other frames to be used. Please check with your local distributor on pricing, see http://www.cytech.biz/dealers.php

I think that more needs to be made of the different frame surrounds available.

Palmlodge was asking abut CBUS - if you are putting CBUS next to the keypad then you will notice a difference in size colour and texture - if they are some distance apart then you may get away with it.

The european frame sizes are rather confusing and i need to get a better understanding before i relay more info - however companies such as Jung Gira Merten (owned by schneider) Siemens ABB etc (basically any of the KNX manufacturers) all offer a large selection of surrounds.

Many offer the european fitments to cover all UK outlets such as power sockets and fuse spurs. This in effect menas that ALL of your wall funniture - lighting, thermostats, alarm, multi-room audio can all be fitted with the same surround plates.

Perhaps cytech could place a few more offerings may be a basic white and SS and aluminium and a brass.....

The Gira Standard 55 Pure white and cream are available in Gloss and Matt finishes. These are good choices for the KP06 (I personally like the glossy versions), and are quite reasonlbly priced. The E2 series is alaos available in white although more costly. I believe other KNX manufacturers may have similar
Hence there is no need for Cytech to produce another white coloured frame.
One of the reasons that we designed the product this was was to allow customers to have a very wide choice of frames beyond what we can supply ourselves

If you look at the pictures of the KP06 with frame, the only part of the "insert" which is visible is a small border around the LCD and keyboard submodules.
Having a black border on the modules with a surrounding white frame seems to me to be quite an attractive feature, if you look at the photos of the white and cream faceplates below. Comments from others welcome